Lookup IP addresses and get geolocation using GeoIP City Demo

geoipcity_crawler.py

from requests import post
import re, json, optparse

class GeoIpCity:
    
    @staticmethod
    def request( ip ):
        response = post( "http://www.maxmind.com/app/lookup_city", {'ips': ip} )
        return ''.join( [i.strip() for i in response.content.split('\n')] )
        
        
    @staticmethod
    def to_json( html ):
        table   = lambda x: re.findall( r'<table><tr>(.+)</tr></table><p>', x )[0]
        keys    = lambda x: [i for i in re.findall( r'>([a-zA-Z0-9\. ]*)</', x ) if i]
        values  = lambda x: re.findall( r'>([a-zA-Z0-9\.\- ]*)</font></td>', x )
        k, v = table( html ).split( r'</tr><tr>' )
        return dict( zip( keys(k), values(v) ) )


if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
    parser.add_option('--ip', action='store', help='IP address you wish to lookup')
    opts, sources = parser.parse_args()
    
    if opts.ip:
        html  = GeoIpCity.request( opts.ip )
        dict_ = GeoIpCity.to_json( html )
        print json.dumps( dict_, indent=2 )